Ewan McIntosh

Founder & CEO

Leading projects around the world for clients in education and industry, Ewan is the passionate and energising tour de force behind NoTosh. A highly-regarded keynote speaker at events around the world, he’s also the author of How To Come Up With Great Ideas and Actually Make Them Happen and regularly writes about learning on his blog edu.blogs.com.

“As a French and German high school teacher in Scotland back in the 1990s, I wanted to find new ways to help students engage with my subjects – I felt strongly that technology was both critical to this and underused in the classroom, so my classes were among the first in Europe to podcast and blog as part of their daily learning.

"From here, it was a reasonably logical step to become National Advisor on Learning and Technology Futures for the Scottish Government... although joining Channel 4 as their Digital Commissioner in 2008 was a step in a different direction. But it was at Channel 4 that I became fascinated by the strategies and tactics that my creative colleagues used to create imaginative and truly engaging digital services for young people. Could I take this insight and make it work in an education setting? Yes, I reckoned I could... and that’s how NoTosh came about.”

Kynan Robinson

Consultant, New York

For Kynan Robinson, every day is a performance. Not only is he an eight-album trombonist and record-label owner, but from his ten years as a classroom teacher, and a further decade developing multi-million dollar businesses, he brings a unique perspective to NoTosh clients. He has driven some of Australia’s fastest growing education technology firms. He is masterful at valuing the individual voice within the collective, and pushing teams to put their most important user at the centre of their thinking.

“From my roots in music, to teaching in school classrooms, nothing gives me more pleasure than creating the space for people to thrive and grow.

“So many businesses are hierarchical, when they don’t have to be. But I make a point of working with individuals to take more responsibility for the team’s work. It all starts with learning how to share things in Plain English, how to trust each other, how to take risks without individuals feeling that they’re jeopardising their own career.

“Whether you’re in a sales team or a board room, the impact of switching to this way of thinking is life-changing, business-changing. You help people on the ground become leaders, not just delivering on their job but developing fresh ideas that become the lifeblood of the organisation. It doesn’t matter if you’re a school or a multi-million dollar business - the principle is same.”

Ian Stuart

Consultant, Edinburgh

You could say that sustainable innovation is in Ian’s DNA. Back in 2005, as Principal Technology Teacher at Islay High School, he equipped every single one of his students with tablets... with an astonishing impact on their learning outcomes. His was one of the first schools in the world to take this approach, which is now standard practice in many schools globally, thanks to Ian’s pioneering influence.

“Harnessing technology to engage learning has always seemed to me to be both a logical and productive approach. After the success of the tablets in Islay, and the work I did with some big players like Samsung and Panasonic to make that happen, I was approached by the Scottish Government in 2013 to rescue Glow. Piloted as the national digital learning platform in Scotland in 2008, it was underused and losing profile. Over 18 months I worked with my team to rethink and revitalize the concept and today it’s the most used educational platform in the country; teachers and students can do things they’ve never been able to before, in and out of the classroom

"I actually started out in engineering before I came into teaching and my own companies were among the first British firms to trade in the former Eastern Bloc countries. Joining NoTosh gives me the opportunity to draw on my experiences in engineering, teaching, technology and leadership to help schools and industries think differently and achieve more.”

Chantelle Love

Consultant, Adelaide

Chantelle knows what it takes to build a great team! A former lieutenant in the Army Reserve, television presenter, primary school teacher and one of Australia’s best known faces in learning innovation, she firmly believes in putting the interests of the child at the centre of the classroom and the interests of the customer at the centre of a business.

Having moved away from teaching to work in the television and film industry, when Chantelle felt the pull of the classroom once again, she came back with a fresh perspective and a rekindled passion to make as much of a difference as possible.

“The move back into education taught me that you need passion to sustain what you do, otherwise you’re love for it will diminish. But how do we instill that passion in everyone who  we work, learn and play with? I firmly believe that empathy – learning to see the world from their perspective – is the key. Helping people to create agile learning environments in which teachers have the freedom to experiment with technology and the curriculum, and where people they have fun in their approach to learning is vital.”

Simon Keily

Consultant, Melbourne

From the lab benches of Medical Research labs to trading in the import-export markets, Simon Keily ended up putting his love of science to work in the classroom for over 15 years. Today, he is one of Australia’s influencers in learning space design and technology. He is masterful at creating connections between people who can create more together than they ever could alone. Throughout his teaching career that has been his mantra for students: go out into the world, build those networks, pursue your passion, work hard and let the pathways of your career grow and develop organically.

“Harnessing the power of digital tools and creating education spaces that work for and aid every type of learner in their are key elements for injecting tangible innovation in our schools. Creative cultures and supportive networks are the scaffolding of our schools in their journey to innovative effectively, without feeling isolated.

“My love for science was inspired by a pragmatic and engaging teacher I had at school and saw me embark on a career in Medical Research and the Import/Export market that stretched over a decade. And it was that work that eventually saw me re-enter the classroom, with the aim to provide a place for students to grow, in the same way my teacher had once done for me.

“In the 15 years since I returned to the classroom I’ve experienced both the joys and the limitations of the education system. We need to continue our work that gives students agency in their learning. And we need to renegotiate the old expectations of teachers, our practices, and the teaching and learning culture we want to see the world over.”

Lauren Johns

Consultant, Sydney

Lauren Johns knows what it takes to build up and train a dynamic and innovative team in a school, and how to help a school team navigate their innovative ideas through tricky systems.

She brings over a decade of experience in the classroom, and over the past five years she has helped fuel the development of design thinking in schools across Sydney, driving change and improvement in outcomes for students across several of the city’s Catholic schools.

Lauren has seen how children are not only the centre of things in the classroom, but that *they* are catalyst for great learning. With NoTosh, she wants to show corporates that the same is true for them: by putting staffers and customers at the centre of innovation, they become the inspiration for tomorrow’s great ideas. Knowing how to do that, and how to value the individual voice amongst the crowd, is Lauren’s forte.

“I experienced NoTosh Design Thinking first hand as a client over several years. The process, and the way the team facilitate it in schools and creative businesses, has the power to change mindset completely. It is extremely versatile and can be applied in any area, from primary schools to advertising firms. Helping people wherever they're at, as they try to put their innovative ideas into practice, is what drives me.
"The possibilities for change in all facets of our world are endless”

Cadre21, Jacques Cool

Associé Consultant, Montreal

A native of New Brunswick, and a proud Acadian, Jacques Cool is the Director of Cadre21, our Associate Partner organisation in Quebec, Canada. Jacques has been involved in education for over 30 years and has gained a great wealth of experience and knowledge, working both in and outside of the classroom. Initially a high school teacher, Jacques’ career has seen him take on a number of different roles. After five years in the classroom, he went onto to join the Department of Education in New Brunswick where, over 25 years, he spent time as an assessment specialist in science and curriculum development coordinator, among others.

In 2001, Jacques was instrumental in bringing online learning to high school classroom across the local New Brunswick area for the first time, a program which he helped design, deliver and implement. The experience saw him develop a great appreciation for the impact that technology could have on learning, and how it could influence and change curriculum delivery. The impact of technology in learning quickly became a great passion for Jacques and he has championed the role it plays ever since, describing it as a linchpin for taking education in the the right direction.

Now based in Montreal, he continues to work in the education world supporting French speaking teachers, leaders and staff in Canada develop their skill-set, and take on the curriculum in the 21st Century.  

“I am extremely passionate about learning in today's world and I’m convinced of the powerful lever that technology is in education, in every classroom across the globe. I’m committed to playing my part in shifting and transforming education, now is the time - so many schools and organisations are looking for assistance to take small, isolated pockets of change and create a whole institution wide shift. I want to be part of that shift, to be part of the movement that will shape the future of learning, and to do it alongside NoTosh.”

Gerry Farrell

Creative Consultant, Edinburgh

One of Britain’s most acclaimed Creative Directors and award-winning copywriter, Gerry Farrell works with NoTosh to help education clients create work that works: visions that inspire, strategies that engage. He’s won most of the creative awards there are to win, including Cannes Lions and D&AD and has regularly served on D&AD and Cannes awards juries.

Gerry helped to found The Leith Agency, an Edinburgh-based creative communications agency with a global reputation. He worked there for 30 years as a copywriter and creative director fulfilling his ambition to make Leith a magnet for some of the most talented and capable writers, designers and art directors in the UK.

Those who are lucky enough to work with Gerry are never the same afterwards: The Macallan whisky marketing director Glen Gribbon: “He tailors what he does to your exact needs and puts so much heart and energy into the delivery. He pushes the group hard. A great creative, but also an inspirational coach.”

“I first met Gerry in the late 80s. He was one of a number of smart copywriters emerging out of the Scottish advertising scene. I've watched his career blossom over the years and tried to hire him for BBH. Sadly for us, but thankfully for Edinburgh, he stayed at Leith.”
*Sir John Hegarty, founder of BBH*

Lise Galuga

Consultant, Belgium

A former classroom teacher, Lise Galuga has spent the last 9 years working as a education and technology coach in North America, and is now based in Belgium. An engineer by training, but a teacher by nature, her work over the past decade has provided a model of how to harness new technologies that strengthen a teacher’s existing skills and increase student engagement.

In addition to being an Associate Consultant for NoTosh, Lise is Google Geo Education Outreach Program’s Region Lead (Europe), helping to build and support the new Geo Teachers Education Network (GETN). Before joining NoTosh, she was a standout participant in our design thinking work, changing schools’ approach to innovation across schools in French-speaking Canada.

Lise is a Google for Education Certified Innovator and a Google for Education Certified Trainer. She has led countless professional development sessions for a variety of audiences including leaders, principals, teachers, parents and students. She leads the Ontario Google Educator Group and presents on behalf of Google at international conferences such as ISTE, and participates in Googley ventures such as the Google Geo Teachers Institute in Mountain View and the Chicago-based National Geographic - Google Hackathon.

Geraldine De Fazio

Consultant, Toronto

Gerry De Fazio knows what it means to learn something new everyday. With over a decade of experience in the classroom, working with our youngest learners, she realised early on to assume nothing in the classroom.

Gerry’s powerful experiences in the classroom were a powerful learning curve and inspirited her to dive further into the educating world, a journey that would take her across the globe.

With her appetite for learning and development, Gerry became a Middle Years Programme Coordinator, working to see that both students and teacher got the most out of the opportunities and possibilities within the curriculum, before returning to her early years education roots, and taking up the role of Teacher and Learning Primary Years Programme Coordinator.

Originally from Adelaide, Gerry now lives in Toronto where is helping NoTosh shape education through NoTosh Design Thinking across North America. On top of being an Associate Consultant for us, Gerry continues to work in and with schools, and deliver world class IB worshops and professional development sessions for a variety of audiences including leaders, principals, teachers, parents and students across the Americas.

Adriana Delgado

Consultant, Mexico

Adriana has honed her skills as an educator in school classrooms, higher education and school leadership positions. But she also has a background in design, international relations and the textiles business that gives her unique insights when it comes to problem-shaping and problem-solving. In her native Mexico, she has led the implementation of innovative projects that put design thinking, creativity and personalisation at the heart of learning in schools.

Adriana, as an Associate with NoTosh since early 2017, continues to make a difference every day in her work to shape and change Mexican schools’ approach to change, while fueling innovations in sectors as diverse as the hotel and toy manufacturing industries.

Carolyn Syme

Producer, Edinburgh

Carolyn uses her almost superhuman logistical skills to make sure that we, and our clients, deliver exactly what we promise, every day on every project. She’s instrumental in developing new services and ensures that every NoTosh client has a brilliant and rewarding journey with us. Her passion is language and communication.

“I’ve been lucky enough to work with developing technology and digital channels since the days we used to call it ‘new media’! Working with BBC Scotland in 2001, I developed web-based learning resources that opened doors to material that was previously unavailable to students. This led to a hugely innovative project involving groups of children with special needs who struggled to communicate. Working closely with specialists, we created a free online resource that allowed those children – many of whom were non-verbal – to express their thoughts and feelings, giving them a new-found sense of connection and equality.

"After a spell as Project Manager for Gecko, a leading digital consultancy, I returned to BBC Scotland Learning as part of their Bitesize Infographics team before joining NoTosh in 2016. You could say that my career has developed as the digital age has unfolded and my focus today is on ensuring that our digital landscape continues to open up spaces of equality, creativity and innovation, for learners of all ages, through exciting resources and materials.”

Malie Watson

Assistant Producer, Edinburgh

A recent Film & Media graduate from Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University, Malie is responsible for capturing and sharing our stories, developing content that shines a light on the work we do with our clients, and the differences we make together.

“Writing, photography and film-making are my first loves. Over the past few years, while finishing my degree, I travelled around the world working to build online communities and volunteering in the education sector with disabled children.

"The ethos behind NoTosh and the ideology of NoTosh Design Thinking was something that immediately struck a chord and my aim is to bring a fresh perspective to our work through my writing. Working with the whole team, I’m creating a broad range of in-depth case studies, showcasing our projects, achievements and stories from the last few years to highlight the impact we make.”

Joanna Moult

Editor & Publisher, London

With a solid track record in children’s and teen publishing, Joanna joined NoTosh in 2013 with a specific remit to source new writing and speaking talent from educators, authors and creative thinkers around the world. Acting as a sounding board for new ideas and thoughts, Joanna guides our new authors through the publishing process, delivering fantastic books about learning, creativity and design thinking in electronic and paper format.

“From the word go, my passion was firing children’s imaginations and opening their eyes to new ideas through books – a passion that aligned perfectly with NoTosh’s ethos of enhancing rich and creative learning by looking at the world from new perspectives!

Before joining NoTosh, I spent five years editing fiction for younger children and teenagers at Hodder Children’s Books and in 2005 I joined Simon & Schuster UK to run their Children’s Editorial Department as Senior Commissioning Editor before moving to Mulcaby Conway Associates as Editorial Director for Children’s Books. I still work as a freelance editor today and recently co-found Skylark Literary – an agency designed to discover tomorrow’s great authors for children’s fiction.”